There are tons of people making up ridiculous trades & it’s going to continue for a few more weeks.

Id be all over that from nashvilles end. Condensing an entire draft year into the very 1st pick

Ya on here for sure, but this was in my news feed, from some sports writer...

Lol, makes the GMs job easy

I saw that too. HELL NO is right!

This feels like the Lindros trade. NSH needs to add $10M cash.

Hahahahahaha! Right eh!

It’s not just on here, I’ve seen this type of stuff on twitter, you tube, various websites. They are everywhere.

The "What will it take to get 2023 1st OA pick" posts?

Only one team could get it... Edmonton

Connor McDavid for 2023 1st OA

I seem to recall a very similar premise back in 2015: supposedly Columbus offered every pick they had in that draft to the Oilers for the chance to draft McDavid.

It'll be interesting to see how Bedard turns out over his career: I'm expecting him to be a Kane clone essentially (maybe a mini-Matthews?) because I actually cannot fathom any other player being as good as McDavid. I just don't see it in Bedard's size and skating. Bedard clearly has an NHL-level shot and decent footspeed but year over year McDavid keeps raising his own bar. I get that this may upset the Chicago faithful but if you run an NHLe translation on Auston Matthews' D-1 and D0 seasons (USHL+NTDP and NLA to WHL), he outpaces the production of both Bedard and McDavid in both years. We haven't seen that level of sustained "I'm better than you" in the NHL. McDavid was built in a lab to be good at one thing only.

That doesn’t work though, McDavid is the best player right now. If he can’t win a cup w/what he has around him in Edmonton right now, he’s got no chance on the current Hawks team. Better to stick to the game plan on the rebuild, then to try & win in the 2 year window of McDavids current contract.

bro what

Gives nashville staff more time to prep the draft show and entertainment.